Chapter 1: Canyon Rim Visitor Center

Canyon Rim Visitor Center

NPS/J. French-Burr

Fayette Station Road audio Chapter 1: Intro - Canyon Rim Visitor Center parking lot to Lansing-Edmond Road

Chapter 1 [Music starts, and fades out slowly] Narrator: Welcome to New River Gorge National River and the National Coal Heritage Trail. You are about to embark on a drive down Fayette Station Road, a small, winding road that takes you to a bridge at the bottom of the New River Gorge. For about 100 years, this route was the only way to cross the New River in this immediate area without getting wet. In 1977 the arching, modern, New River Gorge Bridge was built up on Route 19, and Fayette Station Road lost its importance as a vital link in the area. Before starting your drive and beginning your adventure…please take a moment to listen to a few tips that will make your experience safer and more enjoyable along the way.

• First, to keep in sync with the interpretive story, please maintain a speed between 15 and 25 mph after you get on Fayette Station Road.

• *REMOVE* The second tip is for those listening to a CD instead of an audio tape. Whenever the program says to stop the recording, just turn off your CD player. When you turn it back on, the CD will resume playing at the correct point.

• When you take this route without stopping along the way, this trip will take you about 30 minutes—a far cry from the 30 seconds or less it takes to cross the river on the highway today. If, however, you stop along the way to read the interpretive exhibits at each pull-off, plan on taking an hour to enjoy the tour.

• Before leaving the parking lot of Canyon Rim Visitor Center, you may want to set your car’s trip meter to zero. This will help you find your way on the map that accompanies this program. [pause here before giving out directions]

Now let’s begin the journey… As you leave the parking lot, [pause…] turn left to get back on to Route 19. [pause..] Take a right on Route 19 and go north, approximately three tenths of a mile, [pause…] to the first road on the right. Take this right, onto Lansing-Edmond Road. You will see signs that point out the route as you drive along. [music begins by fading in] Stop the recording now until you turn onto Lansing-Edmond Road. [music fades out quickly] [after a pause, music starts, and fades out slowly]

• Fayette Station Road Auto Tour Chapter 1

  
  

  Fayette Station Road audio Chapter 1: Intro - Canyon Rim Visitor Center parking lot to Lansing-Edmond Road
  Audio Transcript

  Chapter 1 [Music starts, and fades out slowly] Welcome to New River Gorge National River and the National Coal Heritage Trail. You are about to embark on a drive down Fayette Station Road, a small, winding road that takes you to a bridge at the bottom of the New River Gorge. For about 100 years, this route was the only way to cross the New River in this immediate area without getting wet. In 1977 the arching, modern, New River Gorge Bridge was built up on Route 19, and Fayette Station Road lost its importance as a vital link in the area.

  Before starting your drive and beginning your adventure…please take a moment to listen to a few tips that will make your experience safer and more enjoyable along the way. First, to keep in sync with the interpretive story, please maintain a speed between 15 and 25 mph after you get on Fayette Station Road. The second tip is for those listening to a CD instead of an audio tape. Whenever the program says to stop the recording, just turn off your CD player. When you turn it back on, the CD will resume playing at the correct point.

  When you take this route without stopping along the way, this trip will take you about 30 minutes—a far cry from the 30 seconds or less it takes to cross the river on the highway today. If, however, you stop along the way to read the interpretive exhibits at each pull-off, plan on taking an hour to enjoy the tour.

  Before leaving the parking lot of Canyon Rim Visitor Center, you may want to set your car’s trip meter to zero. This will help you find your way on the map that accompanies this program. [pause here before giving out directions]Now let’s begin the journey… As you leave the parking lot, [pause…] turn left to get back on Route 19. [pause..] Take a right on Route 19 and go north, approximately three tenths of a mile, [pause…] to the first road on the right. Take this right, onto Lansing-Edmond Road. You will see signs that point out the route as you drive along. [music begins by fading in] Stop the recording now until you turn onto Lansing-Edmond Road. [music fades out quickly] [after a pause, music starts, and fades out slowly]